Important questions about the atom
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1. What are the three major components (parts) of an atom and where are they found? Include a visual.
2. What is true of most of the space inside an atom?
3. What is characteristically different from one atomic element to another (like helium and oxygen)?
4. Explain the difference between atomic number and atomic mass. Use a visual to explain the difference.
5. Compare the relative masses of the three subatomic particles and their charges. Create a data table.
6. What is an isotope? Visually show two isotopes and explain how they are similar and different from each other.
7. What happens when matter is heated?
8. What happens when white light passes through a prism? From a physics perspective, how are colors of light different from one another? Include a visual.
9. What are atomic line spectra? Where do they come from? Include visuals of line spectra of at least two different elements.